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#3

5 Years ago.

"Ruby, don't make trouble in your life, forget the man, marry Edgar!" An old man walks over the table, rebuking his daughter. His anger had peaked and looked very angry, but Ruby just sat back.

"I forgot about it or not, it has nothing to do with Dad."

"You!!!" The man was very upset.

"The boy was young, he was even in college. You want to wait for him how long to get established with you??"

Ruby stood up and laughed.

"Do I look like I'm waiting for him? Do I look serious about him?"

Martin tries to seduce Ruby.

"Stop messing around. Leave the man and marry Edgar. Or..."

"Or what?" Ruby challenged her father.

"Or Daddy will send you back overseas. Don't come home until you're ready to get married."

"Ok, deal!" Ruby reached out to her father. Martin just looked at her in annoyance.

"I chose the second. So, when am I leaving?" ask Ruby casually.

"Ruby, you..."

Ruby took Martin's hand and hugged him.

"Don't get angry too often, when I'm gone, Dad will definitely miss me."

"Ruby, don't you want to marry Edgar?"

"Not going to." Ruby replied firmly then walked towards the door, before opening the door Ruby continued her words.

"About Biran, I've also broken up. Don't take it seriously, I'll leave as soon as possible. I'm going to disappear and not interfere with Dad's life and Dad's family!"

Ruby opened the door and slammed it, she was surprised because outside it turned out that a girl was fixated on listening to their conversation.

"Sister, you..."

Ruby looked at the face of Orange, her half-sister. Martin and Millan's son.

"Didn't your mother tell you that eavesdropping was impolite?" ask Ruby ketus.

The orange looked down in fear. Ruby just left him.

"Sister, does big brother seriously want to go?" The orange calls again.

Ruby stopped her steps and turned her head, staring back at the orange.

"Why?Aren't you all happy that I'm gone?"

Orange looked down, a drop of tears fell, but Ruby did not see. Ruby too seriously stared intently at the face of Millan who was standing behind Orange.

"You can party while I'm gone, but when I get back, don't expect you to breathe a sigh of relief!!"

**

Arang woke up after 2 hours unconscious. He felt dizzy and thirsty.

"Miss, are you conscious?" Ratna immediately stood up as soon as she saw Charcoal wriggling. Arang held his head that felt dizzy.

"Water...." Charcoal mumbled slowly. Ratna immediately took a glass of water and handed it to Charcoal and then back away.

"Miss, I'm sorry. I'm forced...."

Arang looked at Ratna's face and asked her to come closer. Ratna approached carefully then when Ratna was only a little more than half a meter away from Arang, Arang threw the glass towards Ratna. Ratna was hysterically screaming.

"How dare you do that to me??!"

Arang shouted furiously.

"You've lost my chance to remember my past!! Charcoal was still shouting and throwing all the items on the table. Mr. Jim and his wife immediately entered the room and were surprised to see Ratna soaked in water and the room in disarray. Aunt Jim tried to calm Arang down.

"Quiet, Non.. What happened Ratna?"

"Hurry up Mr. Edgar's phone!!" Mr. Jim ruled Ratna but Ratna did not move.

"Don't sir, Miss is just shocked, she'll calm down in a moment."

Ratna helps her mother calm down Arang who is still screaming and crying.

"What should we do?" Jim looks panicked.

Ratna hugged Arang.

"Non, I'm sorry. I promise to help Miss. Calm down."

Charcoal cries subsided, he took off Arang's embrace.

"Leave me!!!"

Ratna immediately dragged her parents to leave Arang alone.

Arang was still crying alone in his room.

"Ratna, call Mr. Edgar!" Mr. Jim gave the order again while they were in the kitchen.

"Don't sir, Ratna please don't. Poor Miss." Ratna begged her father.

"This incident, let's just say Mom and Dad never saw. Don't report it to anyone. Ratna will take care of Miss."

"But... "

Ratna looked at the faces of her parents.

"Imagine if Ratna is in Miss Arang's position. You know what's gonna happen if Mr. Edgar finds out Miss's back on the rampage."

Ratna's parents pondered. They know, whenever Arang rampages, Edgar will call the doctor, Arang will be given a drug that makes him unconscious for days, when he wakes up, Arang will be more dazed. And Edgar won't let Charcoal out of the house again for long. They have often seen Arang dazed as hallucinating, when it happens usually Charcoal will only calm when with Edgar.

"Why did you make him angry? What happens until you have to sedate him?"

"Miss met a foreign man who claimed to know her. Ratna's worried that she's the bad guy who's gonna use Miss."

"Then why don't we report it to Mister?"

"Ratna wasn't sure it was the right thing either."

"Remain......" Aunt Jim reprimanding Ratna.

"We're working here on Mr Edgar's orders, why are you impressed to not trust him?"

Ratna looked back at her parents.

"Just imagine if Ratna is in the position of Miss Arang. Would Mother Father be willing for Ratna to be treated like Mr. Edgar treated Miss?"

Both her parents were silent while Ratna walked into Arang's room slowly.

Ratna opened the door of Arang's room slowly, then without a sound she cleaned the broken glass on the floor.

"I'm sorry." Suddenly Arang spoke to Ratna.

Ratna was silent for a moment and went back to cleaning the broken glass.

"I really wish there was someone else who could help me. I really want to know my past." Charcoal started sobbing again.

Ratna threw the broken glass into the trash and tidied up all the items that Charcoal threw.

"Miss, rest. Mr. Edgar doesn't know what happened today, Miss there's no need to worry."

Charcoal just shut up. Ratna then sat down on the sofa.

"Do you want to be there?" ask Arang.

"I'm going to sleep here. If Miss needs help just call my name, no need to scream."

Arang looked at Ratna who looked no burden even though it had been thrown a glass. Arang felt his head dizzy.

Why am I so angry?

While Ratna was thinking the same thing. This incident made him a little confused.

Is Miss Arang's real character really grumpy?

"Ratna, once again forgive me.." Arang still spoke slowly.

Ratna looked at Arang sadly.

Now he's apologizing as if he were a different person.

"No problem Miss, it is I who have made Miss angry. I promise I'll make it up to you."

Charcoal looks desperate.

**

"So does the mother already know what happened between the mother's son and the woman?"

Karin stared intently at Ms. Lana.

Ms. Lana returned Karin's gaze fearlessly.

"Whose woman do you mean?"

Karin laughs.

"I'm impressed. Mom's acting is amazing."

Ms. Lana took her cup of tea and then casually drank it.

"I was so happy when I heard my son-in-law coming to visit. I even called Edgar to tell him how lucky I am to have a daughter-in-law. But was my effort wrong? Did you come just to talk unimportant?"

Karin smiles.

"Why didn't Mom call Edgar and say it? oh yeah, well, I want to know, why did Mom and Edgar go together without telling me?"

"You're investigating Mom?"

"I was just doing a good job as a daughter-in-law, visiting my mother-in-law. But how disappointed I was when I got here, it turns out I was out of town with Edgar. Where's Ma? Did you visit another mother's daughter-in-law? Ah, I think I know what city the woman's hiding in."

Ms. Lana put down her cup and laughed.

"Sunday, what do you want?"

Karin laughed considering her meeting with her mother-in-law which was fruitless. He was sure his in-laws were hiding something.

I will prove it directly, with my own eyes.

No one's talking.

"I just want to greet you." Edgar looked at Karin's face.

Karin looked back at Edgar and laughed.

"I don't need your greeting! If there's nothing you want to talk about, please come out!" Karin kicked Edgar out. Instead of going out, Edgar was sitting on the couch.

"Tonight I'll sleep here."

"You're crazy?" Karin shouted furiously.

Edgar did not care, he still sat on the sofa and opened his phone.

"Get out!" Karin pulls Edgar, but Edgar just smiles.

"Did you not see your phone all day?" ask Edgar.

"What do you care?" Karin asked back with a sharp question.

Edgar turned his phone and smiled sweetly.

"Your parents will come here."

"What???!!" Karin screams hysterically, she immediately searches for her phone and she gets hysterical once she finds out Edgar isn't lying.

"Why did you just say?"

"You said you didn't need my greeting!"

Karin ruffled waist.

"Key your room. Lest they discover the truth that we sleep in separate rooms!"

Edgar stood up while whistling, he had just opened the door of the room when a woman's voice sounded.

"Here you look. Where's Karin?"

"Mothers.. " Edgar greeted his mother-in-law.

"So it's inside." Edgar smiled sweetly. Karin who heard her mother's voice immediately came out of the room and greeted her with a ketus.

"Why did you come again?"

*

"Biran, who was that woman?" Gea begins to interrogate Biran.

"Someone from the past."

"Why doesn't he recognize you?"

Biran scrunched his forehead.

"Surely something is wrong. He couldn't possibly not recognize me."

Gea laughs.

"I really feel sorry for you. On the first day of your return to this country, you met a friend who doesn't remember who you are."

"Buddy?" Biran grumbling.

"Who is he then?"

Biran just shut up. He was lost in his own memories.

"I'm not dating anyone younger than me!" Ruby half snapped at Biran.

"I didn't say I wanted to date you, Miss. Besides, I'm not a kid. And I don't like you as a girl either!" Biran.

Ruby approached Biran until Biran was cornered by the fence of his house.

"Do you want what?" Biran asked nervously as Ruby got closer.

"You said not a child. I was just wondering, did you still say you didn't like me after this?"

Biran scrunched his forehead. Ruby got closer and consciously kissed Biran. Biran gasps, between being washed away by Ruby's kiss and being bewitched by Ruby's perfume scent.

Biran closed her eyes and Ruby laughed softly.

"It turns out you're still young."

Biran opened her eyes and Ruby's laughing face appeared.

"Okay, good-bye." Ruby stopped her laughter and turned around.

"Wait," Biran pulls Ruby's hand until the girl is forced to turn around.

"I also want to make sure, do you still dare to consider me younger after this?"

Ruby frowned then the next second Biran pulled Ruby, pushing her back against the wall. Ruby did not have time to dodge because Biran first landed a kiss on her lips.

"I'm sorry I haven't said that my nickname is 'The Conqueror of Women'" Biran said before passing, leaving Ruby hypnotized.

"Hey, do you have a relationship with him?" Gea broke Biran's daydream. Biran looked at the ceiling.

"He owes me a lot. I need a clarification from him."

Gea furrowed his brows.

"But what is he doing in this town? Why doesn't he know me?" Biran grumbling.

Gea shook his head and chose to leave the confused Biran.

**

"Is Miss okay?"

"Yes sir, it's fine. Miss is sleeping."

Edgar glanced at the watch in his hand. 19.30.

"Is he sick? Why sleep so fast?" Ask Edgar again.

"No sir, he's fine. I guess he's just tired and doesn't want to be disturbed."

Edgar was silent for a moment.

"Send me a picture of him sleeping!"

"Hmm, well sir."

Ratna hung up the phone and looked at Arang who was sitting around putting his hands on his feet.

"Miss...."

Arang took a breath and threw it away in annoyance, then he lay down and closed his eyes. Ratna noticed the face of Arang who is now seen sleeping, she immediately took a picture of him and sent to Edgar.

He even knows what Mr. Edgar wants, but I haven't said anything.

"Miss..." Ratna said slowly.

Arang did not open his eyes.

"Yes, I think I'm really sleepy. Just leave me when you want to go."

Ratna still looked at Arang's face, then she sat down on the sofa.

"Please sleep Miss, I'll stay here, if you suddenly need help."

Arang did not answer. The next second Ratna's phone was back on its feet. Ratna flinched, Video call from Edgar.

"Yes, Mister?!" Ratna answered the call clumsily.

"I want to see it." Edgar said slowly. Ratna was a little confused.

"What's the matter Ratna?"

"I'm just afraid of bothering Miss..."

"You're in his room, right? I want to see it, just for a second."

Ratna finally brought the camera towards Arang, revealing the sleeping Arang.

For a few seconds there was no sound.

"Master?" Ratna ventured into a voice.

"Yes, already. Her feet are not covered in blankets, please fix them."

"Yes, sir." Ratna closes the call and fixes the position of the Charcoal blanket. Charcoal was still silent, until Ratna thought maybe Arang really had slept.

"Every night I often think I should just die."

Ratna jumped in shock at the sound of Charcoal.

"I don't know anything about my past. I'm not sure if I'm his fiancee?Why should I live with him, hidden for years from his wife? Why does my family want me to marry him so much when he already has a wife?"

Ratna was still listening.

"Why are they keeping me here?Why is it so hard to remember all my past? Is it true that my father would send his first daughter to a married man?What was my mistake in the past?"

"I can't live quietly. He just came and went. Sometimes she acted as if we were engaged to the point that I almost believed her, but sometimes I felt she was terrorizing me. I don't even know if I love him. I'd rather he be at his wife's house."

Ratna pensively heard all the words of Arang, she did not see that even though she closed her eyes, Arang was crying again.

"I know they're hiding something, but I can't reveal it. Even if I die, I don't think I'll calm down."

"Remain..."

"Yes, Miss...."

"Today I am conscious. If something happens or suddenly you see I want to die, please stop me. I want you to know, I don't want to die right now, not before I know what's going on."

Ratna just silently digested Arang's words.

"And about my lawyer. I was kidding when I said you could ask for her help."

"Yes, Miss?" Ratna was confused.

"I don't believe it."

Ratna covered her mouth with her hands, waiting for Arang's next remark but Arang did not speak anymore. Long Ratna waited but Arang really did not speak. Ratna ventured closer and saw the rest of the tears on Arang's face.

"I can only pray, may Miss live happily."

***